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June 3, 2025IPOH – The man whose lorry crashed into a baby elephant last month has spoken out about his anguish over the tragedy that broke the heart of a nation.“It weighs heavily on me. Each time I pass by the road, my heart aches,” said the lorry driver, who only wants to be known as Azhar.He was behind the wheel in the early hours of May 11 when the crash happened along the Gerik-Jeli road.The male calf ended up pinned underneath the lorry. Its mother then charged at the lorry to try and free the calf. Eventually, it stood…
Aaron Foster | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded mixed Tuesday after China’s manufacturing activity in May shrank at the fastest pace since September 2022, a private survey showed.The Caixin/S&P Global manufacturing purchasing managers’ index came in at 48.3, missing Reuters’ median estimate of 50.6 and dropping sharply from 50.4 in April, as a sharper decline in new export orders highlighted the impact of prohibitive U.S. tariffs.China on Monday pushed back against the U.S.’ accusations that it had violated a temporary trade agreement. Instead, the Asian powerhouse blamed Washington for failing to uphold the deal — a sign that…
After a while, Danae Shell got tired of hearing the same story over and over again. “Something bad would happen to someone at work, and the story always ended the same way,” she told TechCrunch. “They just left, because doing anything else was incredibly complex and expensive.” One doesn’t need to look far to notice that for many people, seeking legal recourse feels so daunting and complex that many just don’t try to. Even for someone with a cushy tech job, the prospect of going against their company is daunting. That bothered Shell so much that in 2022, she launched…
Jesus Guerrero, the celebrity hairstylist who died in February and was known for working with clients such as Kylie Jenner, Jennifer Lopez and Katy Perry, died of pneumonia and a fungal infection, according to the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner, likely complications from AIDS. The medical examiner’s office listed Guerrero’s primary cause of death as pneumonia and disseminated cryptococcus neoformans — or a fungal infection — with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome listed as the secondary cause of death. Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, the kind Guerrero was listed as having, is a particularly severe kind of pneumonia that is typically seen in…
Content warning: This story contains graphic details. A resort town in Thailand has become the scene of a gruesome death. A Chinese man is accused of killing and mutilating Woranan Pannacha, a transgender woman, in Pattaya after she allegedly refused to have sex with him, police said, according to The Bangkok Post. The suspect, 42, was arrested at the Samut Prakan airport and allegedly confessed to killing the 25-year-old on April 25. He allegedly met her on a beach and offered her 8,000 baht (about $240) to come to his room to have sex, but when she arrived and refused his…
U.S. stock indexes drifted closer to records, coming off their stellar May.The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1 percent, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.7 percent.Each of the indexes had dropped nearly 1 percent in the morning following some discouraging updates on U.S. manufacturing. But stocks rallied back as the day progressed, and gains for a few influential Big Tech stocks helped the S&P 500 to rise even though the majority of stocks within it weakened.On Monday:The S&P 500 rose 24.25 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,935.94.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose…
The custody battle between Joshua Jackson and Jodie Turner-Smith continues. The Dawson’s Creek star, 46, filed a motion requesting an emergency custody order modification on May 30, alleging that Jodie, 38, enrolled their 5-year-old daughter Juno in a new school for kindergarten this fall without his permission and outside of the agreed-upon 45 minute commute from his house, according to documents obtained by E! News. “Respondent respectfully requests orders ensuring that the minor child continues attending her present school for the next academic year 2025-2026,” the documents read, “and for the parents’ joint consent to be required for any subsequent school change.” In…
This is a free article for Diddy on Trial newsletter subscribers. Sign up to get exclusive reporting and analysis throughout Sean Combs’ federal trial.The fourth week of testimony in Diddy’s sex trafficking trial commenced with one of his former personal assistants, a woman identified in court by the pseudonym “Mia,” taking the stand for a third and final day. Her testimony, including allegations of forced labor, is an element of the federal prosecution’s racketeering conspiracy charge in which the music mogul is accused of directing a “criminal enterprise.”Amid Mia’s testimony, an internal courthouse feed briefly displayed her image on an…
Mexico City CNN — Around 13% of Mexicans likely turned out to vote in the country’s first-ever judicial election, Mexico’s INE electoral authority said on Monday, as the government hailed a successful process while analysts said the low turnout could undermine an already controversial reform. President Claudia Sheinbaum estimated that some 13 million of around 100 million eligible voters cast ballots on Sunday to elect some 2,600 judges and magistrates, including all nine Supreme Court justices. Counting is set to conclude on June 15, but INE officials estimated the turnout at between 12.57% and 13.32% using a calculation based on…
CNN — Staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency were caught off-guard and left bewildered when the disaster relief agency’s new acting head David Richardson told personnel that he was previously unaware the United States has a hurricane season, which started Sunday. Richardson made the comments during a briefing Monday morning, multiple sources told CNN. While some interpreted the remark as a joke, others said it raised concerns about the recently appointed acting administrator, who has no prior experience managing natural disasters. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told CNN the comment was made in jest, adding, “FEMA is laser…